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Exemptions
Commence- ment.
(iii) any person authorised in writing under the hand of the said officer in charge of the batteries; or
(iv) any police officer.
10. This Ordinance shall not apply to-
(a) any vessel entering or passing through the areas affected in the ordinary course of navigation from one port to another.
(b) any vessel compelled to enter or unable to quit the areas affected by reason of the exigencies of navigation.
(c) any vessel when racing, provided due notice of the racing fixture has been given not less than forty-eight hours previously to the Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, at Military Headquarters, China Command, Hong Kong.
(d) any vessel employed in tending, placing or replacing mark buoys or other aids to navigation within the areas affected.
(e) His Majesty's Ships of War. His Majesty's Aircraft, or any vessel or aircraft employed under Admiralty, War Office, or Air Council Authority or under the Government of the Colony.
(f) any aircraft compelled to alight on or unable to quit the areas affected.
(g) any foreign vessel when outside territorial waters.
11. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until such date as the Governor shall notify by Proclamation as the commencement of this Ordinance.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 30th day of January, 1936.
(a) Firing Area A:—
The sea follows:-
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Deputy Clerk of Councils.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
[s. 3.]
Firing Areas.
area included in this Firing Area is bounded as
By line starting from High Water Mark at light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 23′′-longitude 114° 14′ 03′′), thence following High Water Mark along western shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 24′′-longitude 114" 15' 05", thence across Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 44"-longitude 114° 15" 45", thence following High Water Mark along eastern shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 16′ 46′′-longitude 114° 16′ 28′′, thence to Junk Island
at latitude 22° 16′ 46′′-longitude 114" 16" 18", thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Junk Island to latitude 22° 18′ 38′′-longitude 114° 15' 44", thence across to Lao Shui Pai (latitude 22° 16′ 38"-longitude 114° 14′ 23′′), thence following High Water Mark northward to light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 10′′-longitude 114° 13' 57"), thence across Lyemun to starting point.
(b) Firing Area B:-
The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:-
By a line starting from High Water Mark at Cape Collinson (latitude 22° 15′ 48′′-longitude 114° 15′ 48′′), thence across to Slope Island (latitude 22° 15′ 50′′-longitude 114° 16′ 21′′), thence follow- ing High Water Mark along southern shore of Slope Island and northern shore of Tai Miu to Fo Tau Point (latitude 22° 15′ 42′′— longitude 114° 17′ 58′′), thence on a bearing of 98° to latitude 22" 14' 48" longitude 114° 25′ 15′′, thence on a bearing of 218° to latitude 22° 08′ 42′′-longitude 114° 20' 00", thence to the northern end of Wagian Island (latitude 22° 11′ 25′′-longitude 114° 18′ 14′′), thence to Tai Long Head (latitude 22° 12′ 33′′-longitude 114° 15′ 38′′), thence northward following High Water Mark to starting point.
(c) Firing Area C:-
The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:-
By a line starting from High Water Mark at Bluff Point (latitude 22° 11′ 46′′-longitude 114' 12' 42"), thence following High Water Mark along the southern shore of Tai Tam Peninsula to latitude 22° 11′ 50′′-longitude 114° 13' 15", thence to Beaufort Island at latitude 22° 11′ 22′′-longitude 114° 14′ 32", thence follow- ing High Water Mark along the western and southern shores of Beaufort Island to latitude 22° 10′ 52′′-longitude 114° 14′ 48", thence across to Pu Toi Island at latitude 22° 10′ 00′′-longitude 114° 15′ 08′′, thence across to North East Head on Tamkan Island (latitude 22° 04′ 00"longitude 114° 19' 10"), thence following High Water Mark along northern shore of Tamkan Island to latitude 22° 01' 32"-longitude 114° 13′ 02′′, thence across to Lingting Island at latitude 22° 06′52′′— longitude 114° 02′ 30′′, thence across to Un Kok Point on Lamma Island (latitude 22° 11′ 00′′-longitude 114° 09′ 00′′), thence across East Lamma Channel to starting point.
(d) Firing Area D:-
The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at Shiktongtsui (latitude 22° 16' 36"-longitude 114° 07' 00"), thence following High Water Mark southward to Waterfall Bay (latitude 22° 15′ 02′′- longitude 114° 08′ 15′′), thence across East Lamma Channel to Boulder Point on Lamma Island (latitude 22° 14′ 35′′-longitude 114° 07′ 04′′), thence following High Water Mark along the western shore of Lamma Island to Tai Kok Point (latitude 22° 10′ 48′′- longitude 114° 08′ 16′′), thence on a bearing of 180° to latitude 22° 06′ 44′′-longitude 114° 08′ 17′′, thence on a bearing of 270° to latitude 22° 06′ 44′′-longitude 113° 56' 28" thence to Chang Chau Island (latitude 22° 11' 54"-longitude 114° 01′ 16′′), thence follow- ing High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Chang Chau Island to latitude 22° 13′ 82"--longitude 114° 02′ 08′′, thence across Papai lsland at latitude 22° 14′ 36′′-longitude 114° 02′ 40", thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Papai and Chau Kung Islands to latitude 22° 15′ 56′′-longitude 114° 03′ 09", thence across to Kau I Chau Island at latitude 22° 17′ 00′′-longitude 114° 04′ 48′′, thence across to starting point.
(e) Firing Area E:-
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The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:-
By a line starting from High Water Mark at western end of Stonecutters Island (latitude 22° 19′ 10′′-longitude 114° 07′ 48′′), thence across to Green Island (latitude 22 17′ 14′′-longitude 114° 06′ 36′′), thence across to eastern shore of Lantau at latitude 22° 17′ 40′′ longitude 114° 01' 32", thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Lantau to latitude 22° 20′ 14′′-
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